Zooks
(used in exclamatory phrases as a mild oath.)
Historical Examples
Halfway down the stairs I asked it again, and again received no answer save a zooks!
By order of the company Mary Johnston
zooks, parson, you remember how he recommended the veather o’ her to me.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Henry Fielding
Gad′so, an exclamation of surprise; Gad′zooks, an obsolete minced oath.
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) Various
“zooks, my young miss,” quoth Gay after the solace of a pinch of snuff.
Madame Flirt Charles E. Pearce
King zooks was fond of his wife and fond of his daughter, and when he was with them he did not look so fierce.
Hints to Pilgrims Charles Stephen Brooks
And he put a clean handkerchief into every pocket, in case he sneezed in a hurry—for King zooks was a lavish dresser.
Hints to Pilgrims Charles Stephen Brooks
King zooks was the last to finish, for the dinner ended with ice-cream and he was fond of it.
Hints to Pilgrims Charles Stephen Brooks
“There’s the gray beginning, zooks,” he muttered to himself, in half-conscious quotation.
The Mark Of Cain Andrew Lang
zooks, but it is, madam, a very great while: to a man that admires a fine woman as much as I do.
Love for Love William Congreve
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